THE NEGRONI is a cocktail fit for Halloween – move over Count Dracula – it’s thought that the Negroni first came about in Florence thanks to the Italian Count Camillo Negroni in the early 20th century, as noted in the book, “Sulle Tracce del Conte: La Vera Storia del Cocktail Negroni” (which translates to “In the Footsteps of the Count: The True Story of the Negroni Cocktail”) written by Lucca Picchi, the head bartender at Caffe Rivoire in Florence.
The Goring Bar
It was while drinking at Bar Casoni in Florence, the Count asked for a stronger take on his favourite cocktail, the Americano, banishing the soda water, and instead replacing it with gin, and finished with orange peel (as opposed to the usual lemon rind)–and the Negroni was born.
Fast-forward, and The Goring hotel in London’s Belgravia, is serving up it’s contemporary take on this hallowed cocktail – think halloween-meets-brat summer (cue the hue)-meets matcha. Here’s how to recreate it at home.
Ingredients:
- 30ml Plymouth Gin
- 20ml Sakura vermouth
- 10ml Yellow chartreuse
- 5ml Matcha syrup
Method:
- Add all the liquid into and stir.
- Strain the liquid into a rocks glass filled with ice
by Felicity Carter